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Batch 7 has 30 companies who hail from pretty much everywhere – there are startups from areas like Sweden, UK, Italy, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, India, and Brazil, just to name a few. We also have companies from all over the US, including Hermosa Beach, NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Gainesville, Nashville and other cities.

500Startups have their very first biotech startup this batch! uBiome is the first direct-to-consumer microbiome sequencing company. They’re Similar to 23andME, but instead of DNA sequencing, they tell you about the bacteria that live inside your body.

Another Startup zBoard, a hardware startup that sells a weight-sensing electric skateboard. They even made a cool video for Back to the Future day last week.

Unsexy is SEXYA few startups this batch are focused on something extremely unsexy – inventory management. Partender reduces the time it takes managers to do bar inventory from 6 hours to 15 minutes or less, and Goods is a platform that enables any wholesaler to accept B2B transactions, manage inventory, and create digital catalogs.

Women? International Founders?5 startups this time around have women on the founding team, and 12 companies are from outside the US. 500 Gets Some Hipster Cred! Now Accepting Applications for Our First San Francisco Batch

They’re already taking applications for their next accelerator class! Exact timeline is to be determined, but this batch will kick off sometime in January 2014. This will be their first batch of startups out of the new office in San Francisco. Startups can apply through AngelList. Warby Parkers and fixies are optional, but recommended.

List of Batch 7 Startups

3SourcingA search engine that helps people find, connect with and hire technical talent.
AngelList: https://angel.co/3sourcingFounders: Tom Savage, Razvan Dinu
From: London, UK and Bucharest, Romania
Fun Fact: Tom is living in a campervan while at 500. Raz has always been more sensible. Oh, and we won a European iTalent Award and acquired 400k users for previous product, but decided to pivot.

AdEspressoSuper easy SaaS to manage and optimize Facebook Ads for SMBs and media agencies. On average, our customers achieve savings of up to 40%.
AngelList: https://angel.co/adespressoFounders: Massimo Chieruzzi, Carlo Forghieri
From: Milan, Italy
Fun Fact: 2 Years ago we came in Silicon Valley to get feedback for our MVP of AdEspresso. Our first event, “The Startup Conference,” was located in the plaza in front of 500 Startups, and Dave was the keynote speaker. 2 years later here we are…that’s fate 🙂

Anyadir EducationWe empower universities to recruit socially.
AngelList: https://angel.co/anyadir-education/Founders: Manish Katyan, Duleep Deosthale
From: New York and Bangalore
Fun Fact: Founder is a Spanish professor who became an entrepreneur to fix education after visiting 500+ universities in 100+ countries.

BuzzstarterA distribution as a service (DAAS) platform that takes any content from an advertiser, creates a value reward for sharing, and then has the brands’ most ardent followers make it go viral. We deliver results that are 6-7X more effective than any other online campaign.
AngelList: https://angel.co/buzzstarterFounders: Ken Zi Wang, Alex Gold, Alexi Nedeltchev
From: San Francisco, CA
Fun Fact: We have over $350,000 in revenue after just a few months.

BTCJamThe first and leading global peer to peer bitcoin lending platform, and the first to offer a global credit score to its users. It’s a disruptive credit model powered by the bitcoin economy.
AngelList: https://angel.co/btcjamFounders: Celso Cardoso, Paulo Lellis
From: São Paulo, Brazil

Carreira BeautyDestination site for Beauty Professionals: provides career development and leverages small businesses while boosting online distribution.
AngelList: https://angel.co/carreira-beautyFounders: Rui Miadaira, Antonio Miadaira Filho
From: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fun Fact: Brazil is the third largest beauty market in the world after the USA and Japan.

EquityZenA stock market for private companies. Shareholders get cash for their stock and small investors access investments in large private firms like Warby Parker, ZocDoc, and DropBox.
AngelList: https://angel.co/equityzenFounders: Atish Davda, Shriram Bhashyam, Philip Haslett
From: New York, NY
Fun Fact: Every year, $500M is lost by employees who don’t exercise their stock options when they leave their company. Enter EquityZen.

GoodsA platform designed for the modern wholesaler. Goods provides an intuitive, easy-to-use, and secure service that enables any wholesaler to accept B2B transactions, manage inventory, and create digital catalogs.
AngelList: https://angel.co/goods-platformFounders: Duy Huynh
From: New York, NY
Fun Fact: The team ran a wholesale distribution business that sells to major retailers like Costco, Target, Home Depot, Amazon, SkyMall, Fab, etc. Through all of these transactions, we used paper, pens, and fax machines. We created Goods to fix this problem.

Involving with direct experience and competency in Telecommunication industry on both sides of operators and foreign suppliers for more than decade long.
The former Engineer turned to Product Development and Marketing in charge of Value Added Services on 3G network. She has been frequently invited as special speaker by various institutions and organizations, as well as has written many academic articles for the topics of Telecom Industry, Mobile Marketing and Startup Scene.